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"If we're not able to address the short-term cash needs of rural hospitals, we're going to see hundreds ... close before this crisis ends," warns the head of the National Rural Hospital Association. "This is not hyperbole."

Coronavirus Threatens Rural Hospitals Already At The Financial Brink

About half of U.S. rural hospitals operate in the red on a good day. Now facing a pandemic, hospital CEOs warn that, without federal help, their doors may close when the community most needs them.

Funeral Homes Change Their Practices In Reponse to Coronavirus

In many states, officials have mandated how many people can gather in one space at a time. Some funeral directors ask mourners to stand six feet apart and implore priests and other clergy to be brief.

Landmark Theatres had scheduled five days of classic films for its final days at the Ken Cinema but the social distancing mandated to fight the coronavirus has forced Landmark to close all its cinemas for the time being so no final screening at the Ken.

Saying Good-Bye To The Ken Cinema

Landmark Theatres exits the Ken and marks the end of an era

An expanding number of state health exchanges are reopening enrollment this month to help uninsured residents gain coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 States Reopen ACA Insurance Enrollment To Broaden Health Coverage

Some state exchanges have begun allowing new enrollment to help ease consumers' worry about health care costs. It's also so the uninsured won't inadvertently spread the coronavirus by avoiding care.

USA Swimming is calling for the Summer Olympics to be delayed rather than starting in July in Tokyo as planned. The federation recently canceled all its sanctioned events through the end of April. Here, Hali Flickinger competes in the 100m butterfly final at a TYR Pro Swim Series event held in Des Moines, Iowa, early this month.

Summer Olympics In Tokyo Should Be Postponed To 2021, USA Swimming Says

USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey says he felt "compelled" to ask for a delay to one of the world's largest sporting events, citing disruptions to athletes' lives and competition schedules.

Pump jacks draw crude oil from the Long Beach Oil Field near homes in Signal Hill, Calif., on March 9. The world's crude oil supply is rising even as demand is cratering.

We're Barreling Toward An Epic Glut Of Oil

The supply of oil has surged as the coronavirus pandemic has destroyed demand. Prices have plummeted and analysts are starting to ask if the world will have enough space to store all the extra oil.

A Border Patrol agent walks along a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego earlier this week. Travel between the U.S. and Mexico will halt as of Saturday to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump Administration Says U.S. Border With Mexico To Close To Nonessential Travel

The agreement is similar to one announced earlier this week to partially close the U.S. border with Canada. Both will go into effect on Saturday, Trump administration officials said.

The Idlib Health Directorate and Civil Defense Crews along with local charities carry out disinfection works at a tent city in Idlib, Syria, on March 20.

The Challenges Of Preparing For Coronavirus In Syria

"We're scared of coronavirus and we don't know what God has written for us," says an aid worker. "The precautions being taken here are very little and very weak."

NSYNC in early 2001. Left to right: Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez and Joey Fatone.

The Future According To NSYNC: 20 Years Of 'No Strings Attached'

NSYNC's 2000 smash was the peak of the TRL era, but it was also an outlier — a subtly forward-thinking pop record that got everything right about where the mainstream was headed.

Attacker Katie Hoeg, center, is a senior on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill women's lacrosse team. She is hoping to continue playing for the Tarheels after graduating this spring.

With College Sports Shut Down, NCAA Hopes To Give Senior Athletes A 2nd Chance

Student athletes normally are ineligible to continue playing after graduation. But with college careers cut short by the coronavirus, the NCAA may allow Division 1 seniors to play next year.

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